Woman may have her life sentence reduced in Cash Feenz case

Appeals court agrees to hearing

10:58 PM,
Jan. 22, 2014

Written by

Jackie Winchester
| jwinchester@news-press.com

A woman who was one of 10 charged in the 2006 deaths of two Cape Coral teens may see her life sentence reduced because of a major U.S. Supreme Court decision.

Ashley Toye, 25, was convicted in 2007 on two counts each of first-degree murder, kidnapping and aggravated battery, and one count of tampering with evidence in the deaths of Jeffrey Sosa, 14, and his uncle, Alexis Sosa, 18.

But after a 2012 Supreme Court case, known as Miller v. Alabama, which ruled juveniles can't be sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole, Toye, who was 18 when convicted, sought a new sentencing hearing. ...